Male Character vs Female Character

Me: male
Characters: 50/50

It comes down to how you view your characters. If you see them as an extension of you, then a reverse gender char my seem icky. If you see them as someone/something to guide and take care of (or boss around! ) then the gender may not matter.

I tend to follow both views at various times. The "me" chars are all male and the rest are ones I'm helping. Being the Charlie to a bunch of angels is not a bad way to pass the time.

I'm male with all male characters. I guess I do project myself onto them because I wouldn't dream of pushing a female toon though pve. However, in pvp I have rolled a female from time to time.

The perfect analogy. Better than I can phrase it myself.
Though in my case, ever since Nightfall introduced the per-character title-grind the "me" has stepped off screen (deleted) and only the "angels" have all the actions now.

All males, I just don't particularly like the female models or armors. I'm male btw.

I typically use male characters, possibly because I can feel like that character is actually me, like King's Spectre said earlier. I just don't connect that way with female characters, though I do have some.

me= female
characters = all female.

It would feel weird to play a dude.

I'm male and have mostly male chars but also 2 female chars, both modelled on my gorgeous girlfriend

I'm a male with all male characters (4). I like being male what can I say?

In my opinion it would be a little odd playing as a female.

male.

mesmer x2, monk, elementalist = females
ritualist, paragon, warrior, necromancer, ranger, assassin = males

so 6 males, 4 females.

i'm not patriarchal, but i tend to think that melee/physical damage classes fit male characters better in appearance, and spellcasting classes look better female.

only exceptions are ritualist and necromancer, both of which i think of as sadistic/self-harming spellcasters which are better suited for males.

as a note: i don't connect to any of my characters, i typically don't put myself in the shoes of whoever i'm playing in RPG type games...moreso in FPS and other shooters.

I'm female, and I have female characters, purely because females have prettier armor. I don't associate myself with my characters, so it wouldn't really bother me playing a male or female. It's all aesthetics baby!

im female and i have 15 female characters and 1 male.
however, the male character i have is only a mule, and was only made because elonian male ele hair green looks like a chia pet and i found it rather funny.
i would feel kind of strange playing a male character, and i only like a few of their armor sets. being an armor addict, the armor sets r very important. hehe

for em soem charcters look better as girls thasn guys and vise versa, i also get bored of looking at guys

-_- but a girl in my guild recently left cuz she thought all of us guys were pervs for ahvign girl charcters

Exactly! It's all cosmetic anyway, so why not have toons that look good on the screen? I prefer to take Jora over Koss any day as my Warrior hero for that reason! (And, r u telling me that all those teenage males who got hooked on Tomb Raider were queer just because they had to play thru the game as a girl? lol)

And while I have both male and female characters, I have more females than males because they often have better armor and appearances than the male models.

Off topic, but related due to looks: the Rit Ancient armor set should be for Necs, don't you think?

That's funny Xander, because i'm sure I would play my warrior more if it were a female. Regret making it a male. -.-

Anyways, i'm starting to get back into my ranger and he's a guy and so am I, he used to be a girl, for a week, then changed him to male. I'm glad I did Male FoW> female FoW imho.

-Squishy

I am male with almost all female character (accept for a rit who I rerolled for the gender(yeah I did that), and a pre sear mesmer who was male to contrast my real mesmer). I'm a guy who associate with his female characters, am I the only one?

female with female characters...
only SOMETIMES when I play nec I make some ugly male NF necro because they are just... LOL

male with both gender chars..

simple as PvE = male
PvP = female
also has been for me always will be except PvE monks - NF monks are too fat!

Male with Male Chars.

Apart from ele and monk, because the armor and body models are bad.

Why would i want a Fat monk?!

Male.

Warrior = Female
Ranger = Male
Monk = Female
Necromancer = Male
Mesmer = Female
Elementalist = Female
Assassin = Male
Ritualist = Male
Paragon = Female
Dervish = Female

I have no idea why some people are so insecure about their sexuality when it comes to playing games. Especially when they try to justify it. Why bother caring about what people who play their opposite gender? Or even yourself? People who judge others on what gender they play are to me, very closed-minded people.

Male, plays both males and females characters.